Yes he could have popped the ballons.. in fact he had brought a b-b gun for that very reason. However being several thousand feet above the ground tends to deter one from severing the connection between you and terminal velocity. FYI he did commit suicide about a month later. That is why he was allowed to be in the Darwin awards.
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Yes he could have popped the ballons.. in fact he had brought a b-b gun for that very reason. However being several thousand feet above the ground tends to deter one from severing the connection between you and terminal velocity. FYI he did commit suicide about a month later. That is why he was allowed to be in the Darwin awards.